MemoryError: std::bad_alloc

• face_recognition version: last
• Python version: 3
• Operating System: Ubuntu
• CPU: Intel i3-6100
• RAM: 8GB

Hello! I use script encode_faces.py from https://www.pyimagesearch.com/2018/06/18/face-recognition-with-opencv-python-and-deep-learning/ for encoding my dataset in pickle. But I get error “MemoryError: std::bad_alloc” when [INFO] processing image 12/69.

[INFO] processing image 11/69
[INFO] processing image 12/69
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "encode_faces.py", line 45, in <module>
    model=args["detection_method"])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/face_recognition/api.py", line 116, in face_locations
    return [_trim_css_to_bounds(_rect_to_css(face.rect), img.shape) for face in _raw_face_locations(img, number_of_times_to_upsample, "cnn")]
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/face_recognition/api.py", line 100, in _raw_face_locations
    return cnn_face_detector(img, number_of_times_to_upsample)
MemoryError: std::bad_alloc

Help please. Thank you advance

[jrosebr1]

Resize your input images prior to passing them through the network. Your input images are too large and your GPU is running out of memory.

[sbourdette]

I have the same issue on virtuabox machine. When changing detection-method to hog instead of cnn it works